CVE-2016-8602

The .sethalftone5 function in psi/zht2.c in Ghostscript before 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript document that calls .sethalftone5 with an empty operand stack.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f5c7555c303
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/5	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/7	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95311	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697203	Issue Tracking Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383940	Issue Tracking Patch
https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 02:36

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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Information

Published : 2017-04-14 18:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2016-8602

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8602

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-8602

JSON object : View

Products Affected

artifex

ghostscript

CWE

CWE-704

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

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